Working Together for Non-profits and Community Programs
A workshop for non-profits and community programs on working together, and on working well with the volunteers, partners, and agencies they bring in or must work with.
This workshop is being designed in cooperation with the Center.
Many groups, one mission
Non-profits and community programs rarely work alone. Staff, board members, and volunteers work alongside partner organizations, funders, government agencies, and the communities they serve. Each group arrives with its own goals, habits, and constraints.
This workshop helps your organization work together internally, and work well with everyone it brings in or must interact with.
Learn it by doing
Like every workshop from The Crowd Training, this one is built around games, simulations, and interactive discussion. Participants feel the concepts first, then talk about what happened and how it applies to their work.
What your organization works on
Agreeing on what success looks like when every group has its own priorities.
Working with people from different backgrounds, roles, and organizations.
People raise concerns, ask questions, and admit mistakes without fear of blame.
Keeping staff, volunteers, and partners informed as work moves between them.
Treating what goes wrong as information, and changing the process that allowed it.
Believing the team can get better together, and acting on it.
Agenda
Full day shown. The half day keeps the opening, one game, the partner simulation, and the action plan. Conference sessions run one game with a debrief.
Participants map the groups they work with and where working together is hardest today.
A team game where each group holds part of the goal. Success depends on sharing it.
Small groups compare experiences and name the behaviors that make collaboration work.
Teams take on volunteers and outside partners mid-task and practice onboarding them quickly.
A game built to produce mistakes. Groups practice a blame-free review and try again.
Each group agrees on the norms and habits it will keep with staff, volunteers, and partners.
Each group leaves with three changes to try and a way to check whether they worked.
What your organization leaves with
Who it's for
Non-profit staff, boards, and volunteers, and community programs of any size. Partner organizations are welcome to join the session.